Suspender-end.



NrTnD STATES ATENT tries.,

LEWIS E. PEASE, OF YORK, N. Y.

SUSPENDER-END.

t SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,073, dated August20, 1901.

Application filed February 14, 1901. Serial No. 47,242. (No model.)

. To aZZ whom it Magnan/Gern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS E. PEAsn, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the f city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedSuspender-End,

of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

`The invention relates to Suspenders.; and its object isto provide a newand improved suspender-end which is simple and durable in constructionand-arranged to receive,close, and conceal the button of the garment tobe supported.

. 151 The invention consists in novel features p and parts andcombinations of the same, as willbe fully described hereinafter and thenpointed out in the claim. A practical embodiment of the invention f" isrepresented in the accompanying drawp ings, forming a part of thisspecification, in

f l which similar characters of reference indiy cate corresponding partsin all the views. p Figures l, 2, 2, and `3 are planviews of `the blanksfor forming the suspender-end.

Fig. 4 is a side edge view ofthe blanks assembled. Fig. 5 is a frontelevation of the improvement, and Fig. 6 is an enlarged crosssection ofthe same as applied.

The suspender-end consists, essentially, of p an inside or buttonhole`piece A and au outt side or covering piece B and keys or spacers 1 C,placed between the pieces A and B at their enlarged ends A B' thereof,as is plainly illustrated in Fig. 4. The enlarged ends Al B', as well asthe keys or spacers C, are y approximately of the same shape, and theends A' are provided with buttonholes A2, f `and the keys or spacers Care formed with openings C', concentric to the buttonholes A2, y butconsiderably larger, so that when the several pieces are assembled andfastened together by stitches D along the edges of the pieces then thespaceror key C in each end f forms a pocketfor the reception of thebuty. ton E, attached to the garment F in the usual I 1. manner. Now asthe ends B of the outer or n l covering piece B are solid it is evidentthat y the pocket formed has its entrance only by i 1 1" 5o` way of thecorresponding buttonhole A2, and

as this buttonhole is at the inside of the suspender-end it can bereadily engaged with the button, so that the head of the button eX-tends in the pocket, while the shank of the` button is in the buttonholein the usual Way. It is expressly understood that the pocket for thebutton is intermediate the ends of the covering-piece B and thebuttonhole-piece A, the outside of the pocket being closed, so that thebutton is not visible when lthe suspenderend is applied. The buttonholepiece and the coveringpiece B are fastened together along their edges inthe usual manner to give to the united pieces a round appearance, as isVplainly indicated in Fig. 5; but this is not essential so far as theimprovement is concerned.

By the construction described a very strong and durable suspender-end isprovided, and 7o the button when engaged with the end is completely outof sight, thereby producing a much more dressy suspender-end than ispossible when the button is not inclosed in a pocket, as is the casewith suspender-ends as heretofore constructed.

The pieces A and B, as Well as the keys or spacers C, are preferablymade of leather; but any other suitable material may be employed. Thekeys or spacers may be made 8o of a stiff material instead of a flexibleone, and the enlarged ends B ofthe coveringpiece `may likewise be of astiff material; but the buttonhole ends must be suiiiciently ilexible topermit ready engagement with the garment-buttons.

The rear suspender-ends are each provided with a pocket constructed inthe same manner as the one described for the front suspender-ends, andhence further description 9o of the rear suspender-ends is not deemednecessary.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Pat-enty As a new article of manufacture, asuspender-end, consisting of two pieces having enlarged ends overlyingone another, the inner piece-being provided with buttonholes in itsenlarged ends, and keys or spacers having roo openings larger than thebuttonholes of the name to this specification in tthe presence of saildinner pieee and arranged between the two subscribing witnesses. en argedends of the said ieees, the severa 1 pieces being secured togretheralong their LEWIS E PLASE' 5 edges, forming a. pocket at each terminalof the suspender-end as set forth. In testimony whereof I have signed myWitnesses:

THEO. G. HOSTER, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL.

